Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

"Ah!" "Rumble..." Numerous iron horses flashed through Guo Shao's mind. Shining knife light, splashing blood, fragmented images rushed up one after another, intestines flowing out of his stomach, soldiers rolling in pain all over their bodies...

He opened his eyes suddenly, his forehead was covered with sweat.

It was already dim outside the window, Guo Shao remembered that the day the emperor's palace moved to Shouzhou should be today, so he turned over and got up.

At this moment, Yang Shi, who was sleeping in the warm pavilion, came out wearing a middle coat. Her eyes were red, and her expression was slightly sad, but her face was extremely gentle. Like the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River... desolate, misty, soft, with a touch of melancholy in the fragrance.

"Master..." she called softly.

Guo Shao was stunned for a moment. Then she took out her handkerchief, stepped forward, and wiped his forehead carefully.

The turmoil in Guo Shao's heart gradually cooled and calmed down, and he fell into this inexplicable tenderness after a while. It was very quiet all around, so quiet and lonely. The restless, rough nerves gradually become delicate.

"Is the master busy today?" Yang asked softly.

Guo Shao nodded: "Go to greet you."

Yang turned around and brought over a stack of neatly folded clothes, and then stepped forward to unzip his belt. After a while, Guo Shao was stripped naked by her in a daze, Yang bit his lip lightly, his face turned red. Then he changed into clean white cotton underwear with a fragrance, and then the pleated military uniform, carefully and neatly put on layer by layer.

Her soft and slender hand gently held Guo Shao's big hand, letting him press the corner of his clothes. She stood in front of Guo Shao, stretched her arms behind his back to straighten her clothes, and wrapped the belt around from behind, as if she was embracing Guo Shao by the waist.

When serving, Yang's soft and plump breasts and fair skin inevitably touched Guo Shao from time to time. His fingers slid across his chest muscles when he was dressing, and he even squatted down to smooth the trousers on his thighs, gently stroking his whole body. Guo Shao smelled the fragrance of the woman's body in his nose.

After getting dressed, Yang asked Guo Shao to sit down on the stool again. Guo Shao didn't speak, and let her do it obediently. She took a pair of small scissors and gently trimmed the corners of Guo Shao's sword eyebrows, trimmed his beard of different lengths, tied his hair, and wiped his face carefully with hot water.

Her fingers gently rubbed Guo Shao's face, her eyes were focused, and her expression became more shy and charming.

After a long time, Guo Shao washed up, put on a layer of soft mail, carried his sword and prepared it. When he walked out of the bedroom with a long breath, he felt that he was completely new... Clean and tidy, he suddenly thought that he was an ancient gentleman. Well, I feel pretty good, and I seem to be more particular about my words and deeds because of this.

Guo Shao strode out of the door, and saw a young woman washing clothes in a tub in the yard, but she was an unknown woman. It took him a while to remember that this was the little daughter-in-law who came to find her husband who died in battle.

When the woman saw Guo Shao, she stood up and stood beside her with her hands down and her head bowed. Guo Shao asked: "I remember asking someone to give you fifty pennies as a pension, did you give it to you?"

The woman nodded, but said nothing.

Guo Shao asked again: "Have you found your husband's body?"

The woman choked up and said, "No..."

Guo Shao sighed and stopped asking her. At this time, the personal soldiers brought the horse over, and he took the reins and jumped on the horse vigorously, and went out of the gate without moving his head. There was a sudden noise, shouts of "drive", and the sound of horseshoes.

It was almost noon when we arrived at Shouzhou Daying. Guo Shao first met Wei Renpu, the privy envoy, and got off his horse to greet him for a while.

Wei Renpu's demeanor was very indifferent, but it could be seen that he liked Guo Shao very much. Guo Shao also thought he was very pleasing to the eye, and all kinds of compliments immediately, Guo Shao said: "The whole Great Zhou Dynasty, Manchu Dynasty civil and military, the person I admire most is Duke Wei."

Wei Renpu smiled and said, "Oh?"

Guo Shaodao: "Duke Wei is strong and strong, like a mountain; but he is full of literary talent, elegant and indifferent. One article and one military are integrated, and there is an ancient gentleman's style between his feet... What impressed me the most was the first time I went to Yangzhou. In the main hall of the Yangzhou Palace, Wei Gong pointed to the picture and talked about the general plan of the country. His demeanor and demeanor fascinated people. Temperament..."

"Haha!" Wei Renpu shook his head and smiled, "Marshal Guo is serious. But it's good to have a lot of experience when you are young."

Wei Renpu has other things to do, so he bids farewell first. Guo Shao also wandered around the Shouzhou military camp, and when he heard that the emperor was coming to Xingshouzhou, he followed a group of generals to greet him on the post road.

The emperor cheered and embraced, and the team was full of flags and flags, but he didn't sit on any big horse, he came on horseback, it really was the style of a martial artist.

A large group of civil, military and ceremonial guards surrounded Chai Rong and entered the east gate of Shouzhou, but Chai Rong went up to the gate tower first because of his interest. The ministers had no choice but to follow the stone steps inside the city gate to the wall.

Chai Rong patted the wall heavily with one hand, his eyes were full of emotion, he looked at the land of Huainan for a long time, the vast and rich wilderness made him praise repeatedly: "Good! Good!"

He turned around again, looked around and said, "The Huainan battle went well this time, very smoothly."

At this moment, Wei Renpu said indifferently: "Your Majesty, Shouzhou is the most important place in this battle. Fortunately, it was successfully captured. If Shouzhou cannot be breached, what will happen in the Huainan battle now?"

Everyone immediately discussed in low voices. If Shouzhou was not captured, the Zhou army had to send heavy troops to besiege for a long time, otherwise, no matter whether it entered or exited Huainan along the Yingshui River or the upper reaches of the Huai River, it would be threatened by the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Chai Rong pondered and said: "From ancient times to the present, Shouzhou is really the most important town to guard Huainan. Once Shouzhou is broken, the Southern Tang army will be taken away." After he finished speaking, he saw Guo Shao in the crowd.

Wei Renpu smiled and said: "My old minister thinks that General Guo should be the most successful in this battle."

Guo Shao hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be or not, it's all because of His Majesty's personal conquest, the soldiers are fighting with all their might."

Guo Shao pondered: Zhao Kuangyin has also made outstanding achievements repeatedly, and he is the first in terms of the number of kills and defeats. Does he think that he is the first? It's all for me to show off in front of the important officials of the court. If he insists on fighting for merit, will Zhao Kuangyin be satisfied? How Shouzhou was breached and how important it is, as long as it is a knowledgeable minister, he has his own sense of propriety, and there is no need to laugh and get carried away and emphasize it himself.

Only Li Chongjin had nothing to do to make enemies everywhere and cover himself in it. Why did Guo Shao learn from him?

Guo Shao immediately said: "Your Majesty's powerful generals are like a cloud, commanding millions of strings, and Shouzhou will definitely be conquered! It is not the last general who will go up, there will be other generals... The last general started from the army and came from a humble background. Today, he is famous all over the world. It is all thanks to your majesty's wise and talented, talented, and eclectic talents. Only under the command of your majesty can the last generals make meritorious deeds."

After hearing this, Chai Rong laughed and said, "It's a good point to send down talents without sticking to one pattern!"

After hearing this, the generals agreed, and the atmosphere gradually became lively and relaxed.

As Chai Rong moved forward, the civil servants and military generals on the city wall hastily moved out of the way, bowing and standing on both sides. Chai Rong walked slowly in front of everyone, looking at everyone. The expressions of the generals became agitated. It was an honor for the emperor to stand so close in front of him.

Chai Rong walked up to General Dong Zunhui, and suddenly asked, "Dong Zunhui, you seem unhappy?"

"I don't dare!" The general hurriedly knelt down on the ground. Chai Rong stretched out his hand to help him up, and the general said: "At such a beautiful time, I suddenly thought of my mother. She couldn't see her son happy, so she suddenly felt sad."

"What a filial son. Where is mother?" Chai Rong didn't punish him.

Dong Zunjiao said: "My mother is in Youzhou. After the war, they are separated by one side. I don't know where they are."

Chai Rong's expression changed slightly... Youzhou, maybe he can think of more when you mention Youzhou. But Chai Rong said: "Return to the court as soon as possible, the world has been suffering for a long time due to war, and needs to recuperate."

Guo Shao also noticed the trivial incident just now, and he also felt that Dong Zunhui was really a dutiful son. But he was not familiar with Dong Zunhui, had no contact with him, and didn't know where he came from.

...

When Chai Rong went to the Shouzhou Palace, Guo Shao and others dispersed, and met Li Gu in the city.

It was noon, and Guo Shao discovered that some shops and restaurants in Shouzhou City had resumed business. This was thanks to the fact that there was no massacre of the city after the capture of Shouzhou, and Liu Renzhan also surrendered relatively happily, so that the damage to Shouzhou City was relatively small.

Guo Shao mentioned Li Gu's kindness to him twice. This is a heartfelt gratitude: Li Gu transported the gunpowder raw materials in time, otherwise he would have finished the game if he issued a military order in Shouzhou.

He then invited Li Gu to a restaurant for dinner, and wanted to have a banquet. Li Gu smiled and said: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."

The two of them chattered all over the world, and Guo Shao casually asked, "Who is Dong Zunhui?"

Li Gu put down his chopsticks and said, "His uncle is Gao Huaide, Brother Guo doesn't know? Isn't Gao Huaide now the commander of the infantry division..."

What Li Gu said, he felt a little surprised. Guo Shao started from the Hu Jie Army, and now he is the Marquis of the Guard Sima Budu; the following Guard Division Infantry Captain is very important to him, not to mention the Infantry Division is the general who directly manages the Hu Jie Army. That's why Li Gu was so surprised, maybe he thought that Guo Shao should have checked out the three generations of Gao Huaide's ancestors long ago.

But Guo Shao really didn't know that Gao Huaide had just been transferred to the Infantry Division not long ago and had almost no contact with him. How could he have the time and connections to investigate others?

"I see..." Guo Shao nodded frequently.

Last time Guo Shao greeted the generals sent by Gao Huaide, but Gao Huaide didn't seem to appreciate it. This man came from a family of military generals who had two generations of kingships. Although his position was slightly lower than Guo Shao's, his background and qualifications were not false;

If Gao Huaide was tactful, he wouldn't have any grudges with someone like Zhao Kuangyin.

Guo Shao didn't care about it, but recalled Gao Huaide's nephew Dong Zunhui: his mother was lost in Youzhou, and he missed his mother very much...Dong Zunhui's mother should be Gao Huaide's biological sister or younger sister.